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bell jar

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bell jar [′bel ‚jär]
(engineering)
A bell-shaped vessel, usually made of glass, which is used for enclosing a vacuum, holding gases, or covering objects. Also known as bell glass.


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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Bell Jar By Sylvia Plath A most exceptional portrayal of one young woman's spiral into the depths of schizophrenia (made all the more remarkable and heartrending when read as a parallel to Plath's own life).
Reading Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar was a very important experience for me," he said.
Sipahi said that a 5-meter snake was being kept in a 1 square-meter bell jar, crocodiles were kept tied in containers of 20 cm depth which were located on a hot concrete platform and lions and tigers were being kept in 3-4 square-meter cages.
 
 
 
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